ILS ESA EFB08N-XS1-N01

1. Assignment: Reported speech
One of your colleagues owns some Goodwheel shares. He couldn’t attend the shareholders meeting, so he authorised you to go on his behalf. Read the CEO’s speech below and then report to your colleague what Mr Mitcham said.

2. Assignment: Direct speech
Your colleague Natalie tells you about a dialogue she had with a potential customer. Turn the reported speech into direct speech.

3. Assignment: An agenda
Below is the invitation to a firm’s annual sales meeting. Write the agenda based on the information in the memo.

4. Assignment: Summary
Read the text “Outsourcing – A Strategic Business Decision” by R. Buller. The text contains about 625 words. Summarise the text in your own words. Do not copy passages from the original text.
Write between 80 and 120 words.

5. Assignment: A short presentation
Prepare 3 presentation slides based on the information below.
Your company is planning to ban food and drink at the desk. There are a staff canteen and breakout areas on all floors, and the management wants everybody to use those. Staff will no longer be allowed to eat at their desks. This includes any kind of food, including biscuits and other snacks, as well as drinks such as coffee, tea, soft drinks, etc. Your task is to present to your team the potential advantages and possible disadvantages of the ban.